by Mark O'Brien | Dec 17, 2018
This is adapted from a post I originally published on December 24, 2014. I still mean every word. In the song, “Turn, Turn, Turn”, made famous by the Byrds, though adapted from Ecclesiastes 3:1 by George Aber and Pete Seeger, we learn this: “To...
by Mark O'Brien | Dec 12, 2018
Sung to the tune of “White Christmas”, with apologies to Irving Berlin and junk scientists everywhere.I’m dreaming of a wet Christmas,Just like the ones Al Gore predicts.Where Big Al is frowning and we’re all drowning;Although, real science...
by Mark O'Brien | Dec 10, 2018
After the editors of Harvard Business Review (HBR) came back from vacation, they immediately took a sabbatical or went into hibernation or something. No one seems to be sure. But it’s the only way to explain the publication of this: “The Myth of the...
by Mark O'Brien | Dec 3, 2018
Once I know how useless something is, I really don’t enjoy being reminded of its uselessness. Alas, as I’m quite aware, the world doesn’t care much what I do or do not enjoy. And, so, I couldn’t ignore this reminder: “Capital projects:...
by Mark O'Brien | Nov 26, 2018
empathy (noun) the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself sympathy (noun)...
